Ezekiel 14:4-14 (Today's New International Version)
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Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the LORD will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry.
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I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted1 me for their idols.'2
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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent!3 Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!4
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" 'When any of the Israelites or any foreigner5 residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block6 before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire7 of me, I the LORD will answer them myself.
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I will set my face against8 them and make them an example9 and a byword.10 I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.11
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" 'And if the prophet12 is enticed13 to utter a prophecy, I the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.14
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They will bear their guilt--the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him.
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Then the people of Israel will no longer stray15 from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,16 and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.17' "
Jerusalem's Judgment Inescapable
12 The word of the LORD came to me: 13 "Son of man, if a country sins18 against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply19 and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,20 14 even if these three men--Noah,21 Daniela22 and Job23--were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,24 declares the Sovereign LORD.Holy Bible, Today's New International Version® Copyright © 2001, 2005 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (Today's New International Version Bible Online)
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